NUTS-3 SE212 · Sweden
Kronobergs län
Kronobergs län generates €10bn of GDP across 203.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (92th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (14.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser71 → 86 EU percentile since 1995 (+14 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost97
Demographic outlook95
Freight intensity93
Governance93
Labour market86
Air quality79
Talent & skills77
Economic base77
Industrial base66
Cost advantage63
Quality of life58
Resilience53
Growth momentum37
Digital readiness20
Connectivity14
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.6
Livability57.8
Market access30
Economic scale60
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
53
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability79
Diversification69
Demographic stability56
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
14.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access4
Market access30
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning99
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers63
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
79
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1010.2 µg/m³
NO210.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
57.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs54
Education63.5
Health92
Safety44
Connectivity14.5
Environment79.7
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
36.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2142
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 22.5%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 25.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.1%Public · health · education 22.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€10,199M2024
0.0% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,317M2025
1.6% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Population
203,3512025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Unemployment rate
7.1%2025
4.4% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
107,4802024
0.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Productivity / employee
€100,9522025
6.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Gross value added
€9,134M2024
0.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Dwelling price
1,656 kSEK2025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,134M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,057M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,916M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,369M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,000
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
2024 · EU pctl 83
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,919M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,769M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€18,774M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€547M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — information & communication (J)
€568M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,836M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,074M
2024 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,317M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,952
2025 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,567M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour market
Employment, total persons
107,480
2024 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
6,600
2024 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,100
2024 · EU pctl 54
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
109,300
2025 · EU pctl 45
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,507
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,096
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
864
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 59
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.1%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
893,111
2025 · EU pctl 50
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
530 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,616 kt
2025 · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
6 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
154
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
123,396
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
44,823
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged under 15
35,132
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
1,836
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
1,859
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
240,123
2100 · EU pctl 55
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
819 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
660 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,858 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
2022 · EU pctl 95
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
2022 · EU pctl 91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2022 · EU pctl 93
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 93
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
2022 · EU pctl 93
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 3
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 98
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
1,656 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 55
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
191 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 8
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
32.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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